Problem with Netscape

szms

Hi there!!

I am using Netscape 4.8 for browsing the following code but it's not working but at the same time it's working in IE, Galeon and Mozilla. Coule you plese let me know what I have to do in order to work it properly with Netscape.

Thank you.

<html> 

<head> 
<title>Option Selection and Submission...</title> 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
<!-- 
function updateTextBox(selectObj, textBoxObj) 
{ 
    var index = selectObj.selectedIndex; 
    var selection = selectObj.options[index].text; 

textBoxObj.value += selection + "\n"; 
} 
// --> 
</script> 
</head> 

<body> 
    <h1>Multiple User Selection Submission</h1> 
    <hr/> 

<p>Make your selections below:</p> 
<form name="selection_form"> 

    <?php 
    $Domain_Name[] = "Cricket"; 
    $Domain_Name[] = "Soccer"; 
    $Domain_Name[] = "Table Tennis"; 
    $Domain_Name[] = "Chess"; 
    ?> 
    <br> 
    <select size="5" name="user_choice" onclick="updateTextBox(this, currentSelections)"> 
    <?php 
        foreach ($Domain_Name as $Existing_Item) print " <option value=\"$Existing_Item \">$Existing_Item</option>"; 
    ?> 
    </select> 

    <hr/> 

    <textarea name = 'currentSelections' readonly="readonly" rows = "20" cols = "45"></textarea> 
    <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="Submit"/> 
</form> 


</body> 

</html>

cgraz

php is processed on the server. The way browsers display your site has nothing to do with php coding. Why don't you provide screenshots to show what your site looks like in IE and in Netscape, then provide a link so we can take a look. It's impossible to discover the problem from "It's not working".

Cgraz

zoobie

...and anyone still using that piece of crud and wonders why half the pages they view are strange looking really doesn't get it anyway.:rolleyes:

szms

Expalin me what you want to mean. Cannot understood you at all.

szms

I found one solution but not a very satisfactory one. If I use the latest version of Netscape for example 7.1 it's works perfectly. But still I want to know why it's not working in 4.7. Can any one tell me which least version of Netscape I need to use to activate this.

Thank you.

adamgeorge

Netscape 4.x has a very poor implementation of JavaScript, which is what I assume is not working properlly looking at your code snippet.

I wouldn't worry about it myself. When I do client-side JavaScript, I don't even bother catering to Netscape 4.x anymore. It's not worth the effort as very few people use that browser.

If Netscape 7 works ok, then that's prolly good enough.

If you must get Netscape 4.x compatibility going, then I'd have a look at how you're referencing the textarea element 'currentSelections'.

First you start of by calling the updateTextBox function, and passing a reference to the current element (this) and one to currentSelections.

updateTextBox(this, currentSelections);

Then in the updateTextBox function you have this line of code:

textBoxObj.value += selection + "\n";

My guess is that the JavaScript implementation in Netscape 4.x is too primative to make a reference to an object the way you passed it there.

Maybe trying this instead:

Pass a string 'currentSelections' to the funtion

updateTextBox(this, 'currentSelections');

then in the function reference the object like so:

function updateTextBox(selectObj, textBoxName) {

textBoxObj = getObj(textBoxName);

}

function getObjNN4(obj,name)
{
var x = obj.layers;
var foundLayer;
for (var i=0;i<x.length;i++)
{
if (x.id == name)
foundLayer = x;
else if (x.layers.length)
var tmp = getObjNN4(x,name);
if (tmp) foundLayer = tmp;
}
return foundLayer;
}

If you reference objects with a function like that, it should work across most browsers. The getObjNN4() function will recursivly search through layers in Netscape 4 which can be a pain when finding elements.

Also you should give elements an ID not a name. Names should only be used on form elements for submitting data.

Eg.
<textarea name = 'currentSelections' id = 'currentSelections' readonly="readonly" rows = "20" cols = "45"></textarea>

hope that helps. I didn't test any of the code, so just play around if it doesn't work straight away.

-Adam 🙂